After a national search, California State University, Dominguez Hills has appointed M. Gary Sayed as the new dean of the College of Health, Human Services and Nursing effective Aug. 11. Sayed comes to CSU Dominguez Hills with 22 years of experience in higher education, including as dean of science and health at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Sciences and founding director of Charles Drew's biomedical sciences program, where he also was professor of biomedical physics. He has held positions as provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, chairman and clinical professor of the diagnostic imaging department at Thomas ... Read More
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Alumnus Patrick Mitchell’s Quest for a Healthier America
“Eat your fruits and vegetables!” Growing up, you probably heard that line more times than you can count, and with good reason. Fruits and vegetables are the cornerstone of a healthy diet as outlined by countless state and federal nutrition programs, including the Michelle Obama-spearheaded “Let's Move” campaign and the California Department of Public Health's (CDPH) “Network for a Healthy California” initiative. California State University, Dominguez Hills alumnus Patrick Mitchell (M.A., Class of 1980, applied behavioral science) knows that better than anyone else. He's among the primary research scientists at the CDPH working to improve nutrition among low-income California ... Read More
Students Learn Steps to Become Doctors at Tour for Diversity in Medicine Stop on Campus
Approximately 140 students from universities throughout the Southern California region, as well as local high school students– mostly from ethnic and racial minorities that tend to be underrepresented in the medical profession–came to California State University, Dominguez Hills earlier this month to learn about what they need to do to become doctors. From CSU Dominguez Hills, Charles Drew University, University of California, Los Angeles, CSU Fullerton, Mt. San Antonio College, Los Angeles City College, Pitzer College, Argosy University, and high school students from the on-campus California Academy of Math and Science, as well as John Glenn, South Gate and Madonna high schools, the ... Read More
VIDEO: Biologist Terry McGlynn Leads Study in Costa Rica On Bullet Ant Foraging Habits
Terry McGlynn, associate professor of biology, was in Costa Rica in January at the Organization for Tropical Studies' La Selva Biological Station as a visiting professor for its Introduction to Tropical Ecology, a four-week course in field for graduate students. During the month students, who came from universities through the U.S. and abroad, also learned how to use video to share their work. As part of the learning process they produced videos for an internal Student Film Festival. For National Geographic's Explorers Journal, a member of a two-man video production company who taught the students the basics of filming and editing wrote about the experience and the resulting videos the ... Read More
Tour for Diversity Makes Stop at CSU Dominguez Hills to Inspire Minority Students into Medical Fields
California State University, Dominguez Hills will be among five West Coast college campuses to host Tour for Diversity in Medicine, a grassroots program to encourage and inspire more ethnical and racial minority students to become doctors and dentists by providing them with information and advice from those who were once where they are. The tour makes its only Southern California stop at the CSU Dominguez Hills campus on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Open to undergraduate and recent graduates from CSU Dominguez Hills and campuses throughout the Los Angeles region, the tour will include a variety of workshops throughout the day on such topics as the application process, and interview and test-taking ... Read More
